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Accelerating IntelligenceTue, 03 Mar 2015 17:18:15 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1By: Feminism and Artificial Intelligence | atheist, polyamorous skepticshttp://www.kurzweilai.net/the-transhuman-singularity/comment-page-1#comment-241565
Feminism and Artificial Intelligence | atheist, polyamorous skepticsMon, 09 Dec 2013 17:02:06 +0000#comment-241565[...] it may be possible to replicate this type of process artificially. Now, I’m not much of a transhumanist, at least in the sense of being overly optimistic (or pessimistic) about some potential Singularity [...][...] it may be possible to replicate this type of process artificially. Now, I’m not much of a transhumanist, at least in the sense of being overly optimistic (or pessimistic) about some potential Singularity [...]
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Richard WarwickFri, 23 Nov 2012 13:26:41 +0000#comment-55517"Even by the most conservative estimates, human life spans of 150 years are predicted by 2050 and of 200 years or more by 2100"
Obviously completely wrong. The oldest person on record lived till 122 and died in 1997, and notably the figure hasn't been surpassed since.
The article paints a false picture like so many others that many of the likes of baby boomers are going to achieve immortality. They won't. The advent of those technologies if at all possible is nowhere near in sight and should not be coupled with an unrealistic complacent reliance on them.“Even by the most conservative estimates, human life spans of 150 years are predicted by 2050 and of 200 years or more by 2100″

Obviously completely wrong. The oldest person on record lived till 122 and died in 1997, and notably the figure hasn’t been surpassed since.

The article paints a false picture like so many others that many of the likes of baby boomers are going to achieve immortality. They won’t. The advent of those technologies if at all possible is nowhere near in sight and should not be coupled with an unrealistic complacent reliance on them.

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The “Rapture” and the “Singularity” Have Much in Common » First Thoughts | A First Things BlogSat, 21 May 2011 03:48:32 +0000#comment-3478[...] tomorrow’s supposed Second Coming. But I would like to raise a bit of a subversive question: Isn’t the transhumanist “Singularity”–in which technology will advance at such an accelerated state it can’t be controlled, [...][...] tomorrow’s supposed Second Coming. But I would like to raise a bit of a subversive question: Isn’t the transhumanist “Singularity”–in which technology will advance at such an accelerated state it can’t be controlled, [...]
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